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Voyage Through Time

98 points by sblank 4y ago

pwdisswordfish0 4y ago
It’s cool and all, and I don’t mean to knock it in any way, but how is this not entirely “about novel aesthetics”?
- lallysingh 4y ago
  The author wrote the text and the AI did the drawing. It's a new tool, and a powerful one that's likely to get more powerful and refined over time.
fleddr 4y ago
There's a lot of negative angles towards AI art generation, many of which I personally agree with. But at the same time we should not be blind to possibility. I think this example, even if rough around the edges here and there, looks incredibly promising to me in the field of education. To make dry subjects far more engaging. We're visual creatures after all. A visualization like this, if done the traditional way, would be completely out of reach for most. Now/soon anybody can do this, whether it is a teacher, Youtuber, small documentary maker, etc.
- causi 4y ago
  It may not be long before you can feed a novel into one of these and get a graphic novel as the output. That's quite exciting.
dash2 4y ago
AI might easily be a complement, not a substitute, to traditional artistry. It'll enable schmos like me to think up a cute illustration for our blog, corporate brochure or lecture. Meanwhile the real artists can get on with doing innovative work - which will still be distinguished from the AI stuff by its originality (at least until we get AGI, of course).
- rahidz 4y ago
  Sure, but what about all the people who currently get paid for creating cute illustrations/photos for blogs, corporate brochures, and lectures?
  - Cthulhu_ 4y ago
    I feel like they will go the same way as people who had their jobs replaced - or improved - by automation. I mean at the moment they can expand their portfolio with AI-generated artwork and sell it across their existing customer base.
  - zokier 4y ago
    What about all the blacksmiths, farriers, coachmen etc who got displaced by automobiles. Or certain famous textile workers who got displaced by knitting machines... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
    - ejolto 4y ago
      Luddites were hanged, I hope you are not suggesting we hang illustration artists.
      - kleer001 4y ago
        They were hanged for murder (in retaliation for deaths) after protests and then judgment for capital crimes. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-rea... Where exactly in this current situation are you seeing murder and retaliation taking place? Or are you being funny?
    - wetmore 4y ago
      I don't think it's fair to just wave away such concerns. Automation lowers the number of people necessary to create something. This shrinkage of the available labor pool only happens faster with computer automation. The way the world currently works, this is a problem - people need jobs for money. As entire classes of skilled labor evaporate, there will be significant societal implications. There is also the problem of the significant centralization of power and money that comes with a future where AI performs the work.
zw123456 4y ago
I thought it was really cool and I noticed towards the end, it shifted away from organic evolution to architecture and structures. Then I saw farther down he posted another one projecting into the future the evolution of man and perhaps his replacement. If you did not see that at first, skip ahead on the second one to around 2:45 in.
jgbtrade666 4y ago
This was amazing. At first I wasn't sure what to expect. I guess most AI art is kind of like that. Once buildings were introduced it kind of stayed there through different ages for about 2p seconds. I guess this represented f The 1300-1800s, quickly went modern but the post modern and hyper future/dystopia to utopia vibes was pretty unreal. Love the piece.
yboris 4y ago
There are beautiful collaborations happening where artists are taking AI art-generation as part of creation: image: https://twitter.com/Mathieustern/status/1557723720386772994 https://twitter.com/Mathieustern/status/1557723720386772994 video about image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJwb2m_Vq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJwb2m_Vq0
waynesonfire 4y ago
i'd like to see something like this done with music.
- KermitTheFrog 4y ago
  Check http://melodysheep.com/ http://melodysheep.com/ to tickle your brain in that way.
PeterStuer 4y ago
Their time dimension feels logarithmic.
- KermitTheFrog 4y ago
  Cause our perception of time it is. And the sequence was created by the author. Paleozoic? Mesozoic? It seems equal close for our mind.
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Voyage Through Time

98 points by sblank 4y ago

pwdisswordfish0 4y ago

It’s cool and all, and I don’t mean to knock it in any way, but how is this not entirely “about novel aesthetics”?

lallysingh 4y ago
The author wrote the text and the AI did the drawing. It's a new tool, and a powerful one that's likely to get more powerful and refined over time.

fleddr 4y ago

There's a lot of negative angles towards AI art generation, many of which I personally agree with. But at the same time we should not be blind to possibility. I think this example, even if rough around the edges here and there, looks incredibly promising to me in the field of education. To make dry subjects far more engaging. We're visual creatures after all. A visualization like this, if done the traditional way, would be completely out of reach for most. Now/soon anybody can do this, whether it is a teacher, Youtuber, small documentary maker, etc.

causi 4y ago
It may not be long before you can feed a novel into one of these and get a graphic novel as the output. That's quite exciting.

dash2 4y ago

AI might easily be a complement, not a substitute, to traditional artistry. It'll enable schmos like me to think up a cute illustration for our blog, corporate brochure or lecture. Meanwhile the real artists can get on with doing innovative work - which will still be distinguished from the AI stuff by its originality (at least until we get AGI, of course).

rahidz 4y ago
Sure, but what about all the people who currently get paid for creating cute illustrations/photos for blogs, corporate brochures, and lectures?
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  I feel like they will go the same way as people who had their jobs replaced - or improved - by automation. I mean at the moment they can expand their portfolio with AI-generated artwork and sell it across their existing customer base.
- zokier 4y ago
  What about all the blacksmiths, farriers, coachmen etc who got displaced by automobiles. Or certain famous textile workers who got displaced by knitting machines... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
  - ejolto 4y ago
    Luddites were hanged, I hope you are not suggesting we hang illustration artists.
    - kleer001 4y ago
      They were hanged for murder (in retaliation for deaths) after protests and then judgment for capital crimes. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-rea... Where exactly in this current situation are you seeing murder and retaliation taking place? Or are you being funny?
  - wetmore 4y ago
    I don't think it's fair to just wave away such concerns. Automation lowers the number of people necessary to create something. This shrinkage of the available labor pool only happens faster with computer automation. The way the world currently works, this is a problem - people need jobs for money. As entire classes of skilled labor evaporate, there will be significant societal implications. There is also the problem of the significant centralization of power and money that comes with a future where AI performs the work.

zw123456 4y ago

I thought it was really cool and I noticed towards the end, it shifted away from organic evolution to architecture and structures. Then I saw farther down he posted another one projecting into the future the evolution of man and perhaps his replacement. If you did not see that at first, skip ahead on the second one to around 2:45 in.

jgbtrade666 4y ago

This was amazing. At first I wasn't sure what to expect. I guess most AI art is kind of like that. Once buildings were introduced it kind of stayed there through different ages for about 2p seconds. I guess this represented f The 1300-1800s, quickly went modern but the post modern and hyper future/dystopia to utopia vibes was pretty unreal. Love the piece.

yboris 4y ago

There are beautiful collaborations happening where artists are taking AI art-generation as part of creation: image: https://twitter.com/Mathieustern/status/1557723720386772994 https://twitter.com/Mathieustern/status/1557723720386772994 video about image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJwb2m_Vq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJwb2m_Vq0

waynesonfire 4y ago

i'd like to see something like this done with music.

KermitTheFrog 4y ago
Check http://melodysheep.com/ http://melodysheep.com/ to tickle your brain in that way.

PeterStuer 4y ago

Their time dimension feels logarithmic.

KermitTheFrog 4y ago
Cause our perception of time it is. And the sequence was created by the author. Paleozoic? Mesozoic? It seems equal close for our mind.

uud8rorndndj 4y ago

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